Slacks and the like



17, 1943- E. G. NEWCOMER ETAL 42,327,207

SLACKS AND THE LIKE Filed May-6, 1940 INVENTORS q ElIHl-S 6. Ne lfVCO/77 er BY JOCk a/(l ff 1 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 17, 1943 Ennis G. Newcomer'and Jackirakin, Los geles, Calif; said Takiff assignolfto said NeW- assassinate, 1941:, Serial at. 233,453

' 2Clairns. (o1.2 2e7) Our invention relates-to slacks; shorts, play suitsxand the like. An important object of the invention is to provide in such a garment, means that will adjust itself to different persons'have ing difierent waist measurements even though they have the same hip measurements; Another object of the invention is to provide such means that will not pucker at the points that are adjustable to different sizes of waist measurements. I

Still another object of the invention is to provide means to conceal the adjusting means and yet to provide a garment that will have an external appearance similar to a garment lacking the present automatic adjusting feature.

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novel combinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear in the course of the following description. However, the drawing merely shows and the following description merely describes an ern bodiment of the present invention, which is given by way of illustration or example only,

In the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of a pair of slacks embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a still further broken, rear perspective view of the slacks shownin Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged, broken View of the slacks with the belt unfastened and the front portion of the slacks turned down.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the numeral 4 generally represents a pair of slacks having side seam 5 and 5. respectively terminate at I and: 6 and the material above the ends of these seams normally overlaps. The normally overlapping portions are shown at 9 and IE3. r

In order to insure that there will not be a gap between the overlapping portions 9 and Ill, while being worn, the length of the edges I2 is shorter than the distance from the ends 1 and 8 of the side seams to the waist band 13. The numerals 12 indicate the edges of a bib M, which edges l2 extend from the ends '1 and 8 of the side seams to the normally lower edge l5 of the belt I6. By having the overlapping portion it! slightly shorter than the overlapped portion 9,; thesev overlapping portions tend to pouch outwardly, or in other words to assume a convex shape conforming to the wearers hip.

The customary waist band 13 does not extend entirely around the waist but is of less length than the circumference of the waist, whereby These side seams the free edges are spaced apart. In the form shown, the band is cut away .to provide ends I! and E8. Tapes'lfl. and 28am fastened to spaced apart ends .il'and i8 respectivelya Hook members 2i ancl'tl, :i'or hooking into each other,.may be arranged at the; adjacent ends of the tapes i5 andEfi. It preferred thatthe tapes t3 and .23 be elastic. 1 However, r-Jhother these tapes are elastic ornot, it is preferred to have adjusting clips23 that will adjust the length of the tapes i9 28, in the usual manner known to those skilled in the art, inasmuch as the tapes !9 and is are passed through loops on the hooked members 2i and 22 and doubled back through the clips 23,

The clips 23 are adjusted so that the tapes it and'Zi], together with the waist band 13,

7 27 and 26 at the rear of the waist band I3. The

ends it and 25 are then fastened to each other by means of the twin rings 23 on one of the ends, as shown in Figure 1. The rear rings 26 and 21 are held on the garmentby loops '29 on the waist band [3. If desired, the ends 24 and 25 of the belt may be fastened together, in the manner shown, at the rear of the waist band lit, This would provide an unbroken front to the belt I6.

It is believed clear without further illustration that the present invention could easily be applied to shorts, as well as to ankle length slacks. It is also believed clear that the bib H1 or the belt it could be fastened to an upper garment, such a a higher bio'or a brassiere.

Illustration of these forms are believed un necessary to those skilled in the art.

It is believed clear from the foregoing that a merchant would not have to have intervening sizes of garments to fit different sized Waist measurements for the same size of hip measurement, since a garment embodying the present invention will fit the intervening sizes.

In practice, the tapes I 9 and 20 are fastened first. Then the bib [4 is raised to cover the tapes, the clips and the fastening means, and the bib is then held in place in such covering position by means of the belt I6 which may be fastened either at the front or at the back of the garment. If the belt is fastened in front, the ends are doubled back upon themselves after being passed through the rings 26 and 21 at the rear. If the belt ends are fastened at the rear, the rings 26 and 21 serve as loops to hold the belt ends in position on the waist band 13. 1

While we have illustrated and described what we now regard as the preferred embodiment of our invention, the construction is, of course, subject to modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention. We, therefore, do not wish to restrict ourselves to the particular form of construction illustrated and described, but desire to avail ourselves of all modifications which may fall within the scope of the appended claims. The word nether used in one or more claims, is used in the sense of a lower garment, as distinguished from an upper garment.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Inia garment, the combination of a waist band having spaced apart end portions, said band being smaller than the waist circumference of the garment, fastening means secured to the free edges of the band for holding said ends relative to each other, atbib extending substantially from hip portion to hip portion of the garment and disposed to be placed in a position to cover the waist band ends and to cover the fastening means, the bib and the hip portions of the garment being disposed in overlapping relation at the hip portions of the garment, a belt for the bib to hold same in said position, the garment having leg seams at the sides, terminating below the waist line the bib extending from the ends of the seams to the belt, the bib being relatively shorter than the hip portions between the ends of the seams and the waist band, to provide convex hip portions for the garment.

2. A nether garment having a waist band portion arranged to be disposed about a Wearers waist line, said portion being smaller than the waist circumference of the garment with its free edges spaced apart, thereby forming an opening at the front of the garment, fastening means secured to said free edges for holding said portion togetherat said front opening, a nether bib extending substantially from hip portion to hip portion of th garment and disposed to be placed in a position to cover the opening and to cover the fastening means, the bib and the first-mentioned portion being disposed in overlapping relation at the hip portions of the garment, the bib being relatively shorter than the therewith overlapped portion of the garment, to provide convex hip portions for the garment.

ENNIS G. NEW'COMER. JACK 'ZAKIFF. 

